A homecoming of sorts for yoga
Throughout history, certain ideas have travelled beyond boundaries and transformed societies.
Throughout history, certain ideas have travelled beyond boundaries and transformed societies.
Having studied, in the sixties, at two of Bengal’s iconic institutions, and having observed the paths these have traversed, some thoughts crossed my mind for consideration of the new government.
History remembers the phrase anyway because it captured something people desperately wanted to believe: that those who ruled France had become incapable of understanding the ambitions, anxieties and frustrations of ordinary people.
There was a time when financial markets valued companies on the basis of what they produced, what they earned and what they could reasonably be expected to achieve.
The anti-defection law was meant to end the era of the “Aaya Ram, Gaya Ram” politician. Four decades later, it has produced constitutional alchemists seeking ever newer ways to turn defection into legality.
The political turbulence in Bangladesh following the appointment of Nobel Laureate Muhammad Yunus as Chief Advisor and head of the interim government has taken a sharp and troubling turn.
Vilfredo Federico Damaso Pareto (1848-1923), an Italian Polymath (trai - ned in physics and mathematics) whose genius radiated into the major fields of knowledge especially, sociology, civil engineering, economics, political science and philosophy had made several contributions to economic theories.
The recent sentencing of two men in Minnesota for their role in the deaths of an Indian family of four attempting to cross illegally into the United States from Canada is a stark reminder of the tangled roots of global human trafficking ~ where personal aspiration meets systemic failure, and profit is drawn from human desperation.
The battle over US President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs has taken a sharp turn. Just a day after a federal trade court ruled that the President had overstepped his authority, a federal appeals court hit pause ~ allowing the tariffs to stay in place for now.
An increasing number of people use public transport for economic reasons, environmental concerns and so on. The recent collapse of a valuable customer service, Blusmart, robbed the traveller community of one robust travel option.
